Villas-Boas also admitted Michael Dawson, who has been in talks with QPR, would have limited first-team chances if he remained at Tottenham."If you end up with five central defenders then it's more competition and there will be less opportunities, that's why we allowed him to speak to QPR," added Villas-Boas.

"With Adebayor, Defoe and Kane coming through I have enough options, but in football you just never know," said Villas-Boas."I want to build a team that has one striker up front in my ideal system."

Seems odd to give Defoe a new 3 year contract if you're looking to play one up front; it also seems odd to come in with a firm idea of a formation rather than looking at what you've got and making the best out of them - not very adaptable.

It also implies that VdV's definitely on his way, or is being dropped into MF (which seems unlikely given Dembele signing).

BUT the media says a lot, and reads a lot into a few words here & there, so they don't really tell us a lot.